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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.46
এই জানি’ কঠিন মোর হৃদয় শোধিতে ।
সার্বভৌম কহিলেন তোমারে মিলিতে ॥ ৪৬ ॥
ei jāni’ kaṭhina mora hṛdaya śodhite
sārvabhauma kahilena tomāre milite
“Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya knew this would happen, and thus to rectify My heart, which is very hard, he asked Me to meet you.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord says that Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya knew what would happen through this meeting.
He describes His own heart as very hard and speaks of its need to be rectified.
He explains that Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya therefore asked Him to meet the person He is addressing.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas. In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Are you open to a meeting that might soften your heart?
Set aside a moment today to reflect honestly on one way your heart feels hard.
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